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Joe Makes an Awkward Introduction in New Soul Clip
Joe Gardner, the protagonist of Soul, wants one thing: to be a successful jazz musician. He might just get there. But it’s going to be rough going.
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Sci-Fi Short Alone Packs All the Drama of a Feature Into 20 Minutes
Marooned after a disaster on her ship, alone and dangerously close to a black hole, Kaya Torres (Steph Barkley) sends a distress call into the void — and is shocked when a similarly lonesome stranded traveller named Hammer (Thomas Wilson Brown) responds. In Alone, we see the surprising outcome of this chance meeting.
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The Net Is Somehow Both Outdated and Prescient
The Net, starring a post-Speed Sandra Bullock, was made in 1995, so it’s a given the technology it depicts will look outdated 25 years later. But some of the broader ideas the film pokes into — amid many, many, many scenes of Bullock’s character being chased around by bad guys — are actually surprisingly insightful.
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Nielsen Report Finds Sci-Fi, Horror, and Streaming Services Leading the Slow Push For Diversity
Despite all of the small steps that institutions within Hollywood have taken to address the industry’s well-documented issues with diversity, representation, and inclusion, it’s no secret that only so much has substantially changed in the grand scheme of things — even if they are technically better than they used to be.